John Oliver Quotes
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I'm not out there to be blocking shots or fighting guys. I'm out there to produce offensively.
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Through the Internet, I've developed a strong social network - something I could never do if I had to keep my choice of peers within school grounds.
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I think the biggest thing is voice. Whose voice is it? Who gets to control the narrative?
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I actually don't shop very much. I have a tendency to rotate a few pairs of ripped jeans and an old cashmere sweater.
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Affliction comes to us, not to make us sad but sober; not to make us sorry but wise.
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The rise of the Internet and the camera phone have started to change what stories are accessible.
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I have 137 pairs of shoes and 200 pairs of jeans.
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Hypocrisy can afford to be magnificent in its promises, for never intending to go beyond promise, it costs nothing.
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Where the senses fail us, reason must step in.
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Obviously I'm not a role model for impressionable youth.
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Any kind of peanut butter/chocolate concoction is my jam.
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Not to mention the fact that of course terrorists hate freedom. I think they do hate. But believe me, I don't think they sit there abstractly hating freedom.
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When you have a lot of women in our state that do wear the hijab, we should be able to see that everywhere.
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I'm definitely not on Twitter. I do have a Facebook page and Facebook friends. It's a lot of fun, especially if you don't just start friending people you don't know.
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Men aren't able to retire and are going bankrupt making alimony payments.
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The great challenge working on this show for me is wearing polyester all day long and having the worst haircut known to man at the top of my head and sitting under fluorescent lights. That is America, people. Polyester, bad haircuts, under fluorescent lights.
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The idea of 24-hour news, if you really step back, is pretty insane. Just even saying '24-hour news' almost has satire laced in it.
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I am imperfect in many things, nevertheless I want my brethren and kinsfolk to know my nature so that they may be able to perceive my soul's desire.
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We have to do whatever we can to ensure that no child dies of diarrhea.
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There we were all in one place, a generation lost in space.
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As the mask of deception falls off the face of humanity Unveiling the grim reality of duality In which everyone is a casualty, no one will be exempt Truth has many shades It's not a matter of black and white, but gray Although many, we are one, so in the final analysis Could it be that we are fighting a war that can't be won?
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I neither will aspire to nor will I accept, the position of president of the council of state and commander in chief.
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I feel the human mind is a jigsaw puzzle that I will never be able to solve.
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There are two kinds of hecklers: the destructive and constructive hecklers.
